Football notebook: Cowboys Classic to pit Florida, Michigan

Florida and Michigan will open the 2017 season in the Cowboys Classic in Arlington.

The prime-time game is scheduled for Sept. 2.

It will be Florida's first regular-season, nonconference game outside the Sunshine State since the Gators lost at Syracuse in 1991.

Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley says he “thought it was something that our fans would embrace, our program would embrace.”

Michigan coach Brady Hoke says the game is “a great way to reach our fan base in the south and to continue to expand our recruiting efforts in the state of Texas. Our goal is to have as many Michigan fans at the game as possible.”

Each school will receive 25,000 tickets for the neutral-site game at AT&T Stadium, home to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.

Reese expects to play in Fiesta: Baylor receiver Tevin Reese is getting the cast off his right wrist and expects to play for the Bears in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 15 Central Florida.

Reese dislocated his wrist when came down awkwardly in the first half against Oklahoma on Nov. 7. He missed the last four games for the Big 12 champion Bears. Reese says the cast will be removed Friday and that doctors will then give him a rehab plan.

Alabama suspends two for Sugar Bowl: Alabama suspended linebacker Xzavier Dickson and freshman tailback Alvin Kamara. Coach Nick Saban announced neither would play for the third-ranked Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl against No. 11 Oklahoma on Jan. 2. Saban didn't disclose a reason for the suspensions.